Part of an astonishing generation of British actors, including Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, ...

Plowright brought stage and screen characters to vibrant life for more than six decades in such works as A Taste of Honey, ...

Joan Plowright, perhaps the greatest Anglophone actor of the 20th century and the widow of Laurence Oliver, has died. She was ...

The British actress died surrounded by her loved ones at Denville Hall in England, her family said in a statement.

Joan Plowright, the celebrated British actress whose career was often overshadowed by the fame of her husband Sir Laurence Olivier ... of the English stage, Maggie Smith and Judi Dench.

Award-winning British stage actor Joan Plowright, the widow of Laurence Olivier ... Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith — Plowright won a Tony Award and nominations for an Oscar and an Emmy.

Suzanne Plunkett/AP, file Share LONDON — Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier ... Eileen Atkins and Maggie Smith, Plowright won a Tony Award ...